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Multiple Featured Images

By Marcus Kober

Content Management / Blog & Article Publishing

Multiple Featured Images Review - In-Depth Analysis

Enables multiple featured images for all post types, including custom post types and WooCommerce products. Comes with a widget and a handy shortcode.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.68/10

User Rating

4.7/5 (based on 28+ reviews)

Active Installations

5,000+

Update Frequency

Below Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

1 / 10 (Very Low Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

You need more than one featured image for posts, pages and/or custom post types? Then this plugin is for you!

Enable multiple featured images for all post types (including custom post types and WooCommerce products) and show the images with a widget or the handy shortcode.

Features include adding as many featured images as you need, supporting different featured images for different post types, and a fully customizable output that is multilingual. You can use a handy shortcode for displaying the featured images anywhere and a widget for displaying featured images in sidebars.

This plugin was developed to meet specific customer needs, allowing distinct featured images for various purposes such as header images and buttons. The plugin is fully backwards compatible and allows for easy updates.

Comparing to Alternatives

Multiple Featured Images stands out as a specialized tool for adding extra featured images to posts and pages, primarily targeting developers who need more control over image management.

Top alternatives

Multiple Featured Images

Strengths

Allows adding multiple featured images beyond the default WordPress feature image.
Highly flexible for developers comfortable with coding and theme customization.
Compatible with various post types including pages, posts, portfolios, and apps.
Works well with multilingual plugins like qTranslate-X.
Integrates smoothly with page builders such as Elementor.

Weaknesses

No user-friendly interface for non-developers; requires code tinkering.
Lacks bulk upload or gallery-style management of featured images.
No official pro version or premium support available.
Limited out-of-the-box functionality without custom coding.

User Sentiment Analysis

User feedback highlights the plugin's effectiveness and flexibility, especially appreciated by developers and advanced users.

Positive highlights

'Makes adding extra featured image types a breeze.' - Avant 5
'This plugin made me review it because it is so awesome.' - imemine
'Works great with the latest version of WordPress.' - niceapps
'Adds so much more flexibility for designing a post.' - Nate Zander
'Works great (also with page builders like Elementor).' - stefaniehaser

Common complaints

Requires some coding knowledge to implement effectively.
Lacks bulk upload or gallery features for featured images.

Weaknesses

Not suitable for users without coding skills.
No straightforward plug-and-play solution for adding multiple featured images.
Limited user interface enhancements or automation features.

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Developers and advanced WordPress users who need to add multiple featured images and are comfortable editing theme files and adding custom code.

Not ideal for

Casual users or site owners looking for a simple, plug-and-play solution without any coding or technical setup.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version provides the core functionality of adding multiple featured images to posts and pages, suitable for developers to customize as needed.

Final Verdict

Multiple Featured Images is a powerful and flexible plugin for developers needing to manage multiple featured images per post or page. It excels in scenarios requiring custom image handling and integration with multilingual setups or page builders.

However, it is not designed for non-technical users due to its reliance on code customization and lack of user-friendly features like bulk uploads or a graphical interface. Users seeking simplicity may need to look elsewhere.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Multiple Featured Images plugin.

Multiple featured images

Custom post type

WooCommerce products

Screenshots

FAQ

Use the handy filter to add multiple featured images.

For expample, this code adds two additional featured images to pages and one additional featured image to posts:

add_filter( 'kdmfi_featured_images', function( $featured_images ) {   // Add featured-image-2 to pages and posts   $args_1 = array(     'id' => 'featured-image-2',     'desc' => 'Your description here.',     'label_name' => 'Featured Image 2',     'label_set' => 'Set featured image 2',     'label_remove' => 'Remove featured image 2',     'label_use' => 'Set featured image 2',     'post_type' => array( 'page', 'post' ),   );    // Add featured-image-2 to pages only   $args_2 = array(     'id' => 'featured-image-3',     'desc' => 'Your description here.',     'label_name' => 'Featured Image 3',     'label_set' => 'Set featured image 3',     'label_remove' => 'Remove featured image 3',     'label_use' => 'Set featured image 3',     'post_type' => array( 'page' ),   );    // Add the featured images to the array, so that you are not overwriting images that maybe are created in other filter calls   $featured_images[] = $args_1;   $featured_images[] = $args_2;    // Important! Return all featured images   return $featured_images; });

The post type of WooCommerce products is “procut”. So you are able to define multiple featured images as seen above, just add “product” to “post_type”.

Let’s say you want to add a detail image to WooCommerce products. Then this code is for you:

add_filter( 'kdmfi_featured_images', function( $featured_images ) {     $args = array(             'id' => 'product-image-detail',             'desc' => 'The detail image of the product.',             'label_name' => 'Product detail image',             'label_set' => 'Set product detail image',             'label_remove' => 'Remove product detail image',             'label_use' => 'Set product detail image',             'post_type' => array( 'product' ),     );      $featured_images[] = $args;      return $featured_images; });

Now you are able to display the image via shortcode, widget or by including a display function (seen below) in your WooCommerce theme files.

Shortcode usage:

[kdmfi_featured_image id=”featured-image-2″ size=”full”]

Possible attributes for the shortcode:

id: the id of the featured image, e.g. featured-image-2, requried
size: the desired size, defaults to “full”
post_id: the ID of the post to which the featured image is assigned, defaults to the current ID
class: the classes for the image tag, defaults to “kdmfi-featured-image”
alt: the alt attribute for the image tag, defaults to the title of the used image
title: the title attribute for the image tag, empty by default

Filter

If you need to change the image tag created by the shortcode, please use the filter “kdmfi_shortcode_html”.

Example use:

add_filter( 'kdmfi_shortcode_html', function( $html, $shortcode_atts, $post_id) {    // do something    return $html; }, 10, 3);

The filter callback gets the image tag html, the used shortcode attributes and the ID of the post where the shortcode is used.

Simply add the size to the function call:

kdmfi_the_featured_image( 'featured-image-2', 'full' );

You can choose every size that WordPress knows.

With this function call you can get the ID:

kdmfi_get_featured_image_id( 'featured-image-2' );

Note: Since a featured image has only one individual id, there is no option ‘size’ in this function call.

With this function call you can get the URL:

kdmfi_get_featured_image_src( 'featured-image-2', 'full' );

If you need the ID only, use this function:
```
kdmfi_get_featured_image_id( $image_id, $post_id ); 
```
$post_id is optional, if you leave it out, the ID of the calling post is used.
To get the URL of the image:
```
kdmfi_get_featured_image_src( $image_id, $size, $post_id ); 
```
$post_id is optional (see above); $size is optional and defaults to ‘full’.
To get the featured image in HTML as a string:
```
kdmfi_get_the_featured_image( $image_id, $size, $post_id ); 
```
Again, $size and $post_id are optional.
To display the featured image directly:
```
kdmfi_the_featured_image( $image_id, $size, $post_id ); 
```
Again, $size and $post_id are optional.
To check if the post has a featured image:
```
kdmfi_has_featured_image( $image_id, $post_id ); 
```
$post_id is optional. The function returns the id of the attachment if there’s one and false if not.